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Four candidates to run for two seats in Boynton Beach commission

Four candidates have filed to fill two seats on the Boynton Beach commission.

Incumbent Commissioner Joe Casello, from District 4, will be running against Carmela Nanton.

Casello has represented the district since April 2013, when he won a Special Election to fill a vacancy left by former Commissioner Marlene Ross. Ross resigned in 2012 amid an ethics scandal.

“I think we’ve accomplished a lot in our first year, in our first term,” Casello said, highlighting projects like re-opening City Hall five days a week and implementing a new system for the removal of dead animals.

“It has been an honor to serve the people of Boynton Beach. I am proud to represent this city and will continue to work for the people,” Casello added.

Nanton, who has lived in Boynton for seven years, says she’s using CARE as her campaign theme -C for community development, A for advocacy of constituents and accountability of city officials, R for responsibility and E for educational needs.

“I am very interested in the future of Boynton Beach,” she said.

In District 2, where Vice Mayor Woodrow Hay is term limited, former commissioner Mack McCray and Paula Melley will be vying for his seat.

McCray, who has represented District 2 as commissioner several times in the last decade, said he would work to increase transparency in city government, improve the city’s “streetscapes” and beautify entrances from Interstate 95, work with the local chamber of commerce to attract more businesses and support the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency.

“I would also like to work with the local real estate market to continue to get affordable housing in our city, since we now have an A-rated high school,” McCray added.

Melley has served on a couple city boards, but has never held elected office. She said she has always liked helping people, and thought running for office could impact even more people.

Specifically, Melley said she wants to see U.S. 1 redeveloped and would like to see an ad hoc committee come together to attract businesses to the city.
“We have a gateway to the city that is absolutely a dead zone, and we need to resurrect tit and rebuild it,” she said.

The winners will serve three-year terms.

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